Madurai Bench of the High Court of Madras on Tuesday granted a four weeks stay on the operation of the recently notified Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017.The new Rules, notified under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, ban the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter at animal markets across India, and allow only farmland owners to...